Cljt Vrtss.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863
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THE SI rUATION.
Charleston is now the point of interest,
'but that it will long remain so we doubt, as
the interest of this war must inevitably re
-turn to the situation in Virginia. It
,has
'hitherto been the case that great victories
in other parts of 'the country have for a
time interrupted the national anxiety for the
Army of the Potomac, but, invariably the
anxiety has returned with greater force. So
long as the work of that-army remains-un
finished this feeling must exist. The people
have intense interest only in uncertainties.
A settled campaign loses its power to at
tract, and the greater an established suc
cess, the greater is the indifference concern
ing it. This feeling is natural, because, in
this war, the advantages which we have
gained are evidently permanent ; they are
,accepted as facts, and have a certain his :
torical soberness ; but the victories yet to
be obtained eclipse all those of the past.
'With the capture of Vicksburg, and the
virtual subjugation of the 'Southwest; we
are satisfied ; we - no longer look with anx
ious eyes to the armies of ROSECRANS and
GRANT, but consider they have already
overcome the greatest of- their difficulties.
Mit in Virginia, excepting as it is by events
elsewhere influenced, the situation retains
all its old uncertainty; the question of supe
iiority is undecided. Bere have we been
baffled for two years by that stubborn foe,
the Army of Northern Virginia, which woirt
be conquered, and cannot conquer others.
A magnificent drawn battle 'of two years'
duration, the Virginian campaigns are in
effect. The amount of marching the Vir
, ginian armies have accomplished must have
gratified the desires of the most enthusiastic
pedestrian. They have fought with despe
ration, and have sacrificed over a hundred
thous - and lives. Yet, thus far, they have
decided nothing, unless it be that the
strength of the rebellion is concentrated in
Virginia, and that to strike down that terri
ble right arm is the imperative duty of the
Government. For the destruction of the
enemy the Army of the Potomac was crea
ted, and to out. plan General LEE six gene
rals have had its command. But the enemy
refuses to be destroyed, and LEE will not
consent to be out-planned. Still confronted
by its desperate foe, our gallant army
threatens Ilichniond,—
" Fierce sign of battle makes and menace high,"
and it is not in the probabilities that it
will rest long in- such an attitude. In the
West the work has been done ; at Charles
ton the work is doing ; but in Virginia the
work is yet to do, and we are not among
those who believe it will be neglected.
We do not forget what the Army of the
Potomac has already won. in Pennsylvania,
but we remember what it is pledged to do
in Virginia. Itis crowned with the laurels
of Gettysburg, but its indestructible wreath
of honor is yet to be woven in another
field. A victory is to be gained, which
shall outshine any of the past, and certain
ly a new battle must be fought before many
weeks are over. The enemy now holds
Gordonsville as a base, and our army on the
line Of the Rappahannock, and south of the
river, is either awaiting or preparing an
attack. If we menace, the rebels menace,
and it is not unlikely that the Army of the
Potomac will again stand upon the defen
sive, as at Gettysburg. The policy of the
enemy, elsewhere irretrievably defeated,
necessitates an energetic effort to obtain
success at the only • remaining point
*where .it is possible. Beyond question
the Army of the Potomac is the only
Federal army the rebels- can attack,
and that they will not dare to do unless
their own force is greatly strengthened.
We consider it a matter of course that the
enemy will at once concentrate his power
in Virginia, and endeavor to extract from
the next battle. fell compensation for his
fearful losses in the •West. It is sure that
no offensive movement will be made against
GRANT or ROSECRANS, and General MEADE
is the only commander who has any reason
to anticipate assault. We must strengthen
MEADE, for victory in Virginia is victory
everywhere.. Reinforcernents each army
must need, and that which obtains the
greatest number in the shortest. time will
begin the new campaign.
The Gloom of the South.
Every day and hour adds to the evidence
of the distress, of the rebellion and the
gloom of the rebels. The extracts we give
to-day from late Southern newspapers of
Richmond, Charleston, Montgomery; and
Savannah, prove that this gloom is profound
and universal. It exists in the- councils of
the - Government, in the speculations of
journalism, in the ranks of the • army, and
in the lieartS of the disloyal people. JEF
FERSON DAVIS, in his proclamation of a
day of humiliation, advises his followers .to
receive their recent reverses in humble
thankfulness ; but his counsels they do not
accept. lie himself, in his appeal to the
soldiers, does not thank Heaven for the loss
of Vicksburg and the defeat at Gettysburg ;
but, on the contrary, exhibits a carnal spirit
of despair and hatred. Nor is there one of
the papers from wkich we quote which does
not display the Basest ingratitude for the
blessings which Generals MEADE and
GRANT imposed upon them so generous
ly. They confess the terrible calamities
which have overtaken the rebellion while
attempting to conceal them ; they vainly
seek to persuade the people that the re
sources of the South were never greater,
forgetting that JEFFERSON DAVIS has dis
tinctly asserted the inferiority- of his armies,
and the wretched condition of his cause.
After the battle of Chancellorville, accord
ing. to a correspondent of the London Tones,
General LEE -lamented that his army was
too weak to inflict any further harm on our
forces, though he professed to have had the
opportunity. The most thoughtles'g mind
cannot fail to see, in the extracts we have
given, ample proof that the rebellion is tot
tering, and trembling,to its centre ; that the
gloom of the South is the gloom of a des
pairing people, and the shadow of a terrible
defeat.
Whosoever should infer that we rejoice in
the 'distresses of the Southern people ac
cuses us unjustly,; but it certainly will not
be considered inhuman, save by the disloyal,
who bestow all thgir berevolence upon trea
son, if we rejoice in the miseries of the re
bellion; We shall be gratified to see that
wretched monster, begotten of foul ambition
upon slavery, in a worse plight. We shall
be delighted to see it hungry, naked, and
sick-a beggar vainly imploring Europ6 for
alms. All loyal men will be happy to look
upon its expiring agbnies, and anxious,
not to smoothe its dying pillow, but to
add to its pangs and shorten its misera
ble struggle. All loyal men will con
sider it a privilege to aid in digging its
gran, and giving the abominated corpse, into
the arms of delth, saying to that long-tan-
Aalized and expectant skeleton, "Accept
.this little tokeii of our regard, with which
-we have for some years intended to pre
sent you. You will excuse us from offering
you our liberties, our honor, our Govern
anent, as this never-to-be -sufficiently-detest
ed monster desired ; but, we have no doubt
that this demilition, damp, cold, Maples
::sant body,' which suit your maw as well as
the Republic." The phantom will dmibt 7
:less reply that the rebellion was the very
aneal he had his eye-holes on for a month,
- :arid that he is fully capable Of - swallowing it
'whole. What a pleasure it will• be to wan
der through the cemetery 'where the de
funct " reaction against the mistaken-civili
zation of the age" is, interred, and to read
upon a mon
ument the usual complimentary
inscription, recording the many virtues of
the deceased.
"When a storm is coming, heavy clouds
gather in the sky, vague winds move lightly,
an unnatural stillness:, an unusual slkadow, is
upon the earth, and gradually are heard in
distinct mutterings of thunder which ever
grow nearer, and are seen faint flashes of
lightning which momentarily are brighter.
The clouds Which at first hung low in the
horizon how darkly veil the zenith, and
from them falls, before the storm is loosened,
a gloom that is profound, close, stifling. Over
the South such a storm now impends, and a
darkness that can be felt prededes it. This
is a lull in which men measure with fear
the majestic approach of those toppling
clouds of threatening night up-piled along
the Northern sky, knowing not, how soon
they shall be illumined by consuming fire.
These sombre clouds have gradually blotted
from the sky the dint stars of hope, and
their shadows lie from the ruined plains of
Virginia to the fair fields of Alabania.
The day does not dispel this shadow; it is
in the noonday as well as the midnight. It
is a gloom projected from those menacing
clouds within whose sulphurous bosoms lie
the bolts of victory, masses which turn
their dark sides to the South, but to the
North are bright and glorious with the sun
rise of national triumph..
Out of this gloom which overhangs the
South come dolorous voices to us bewailing
its existence, or •denying it; prophesying
its speedy end, or fearing its further growth ;
entreating the people not to be frightened,
or assuring them that they have much
cause for fear—contradictory voices, but all
trembling alike with terror. In tenor they
are agreed, differing chiefly in ability to
simulate the tones of cheerfulness and hope.
We listen to this melancholy music, this
chorus Of lamentation, with pleasure, for it
is the swan-song of the rebellion—the elegy
which it sings as it dies. To us it is 'a
cheerful sound, for it tells- of exhausted ini
quity; to us the gloom is more beautiful
then light, for it enfolds the enemy of Free•-
dom. Out of it will be born another day
for the laud which it now shrouds, and a
new radiance for the world. To us it is
deep joy when those false lights which
have misled a people prove to be "wander
ing stars, to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness forever."
Volunteer Diplomacy.
Those of our readers who have not seen
Mr. WILLIAM CORNELL JEWETT, Of Colo
rado Territory, have lived a certain part of
their lives in vain. Who Mr. ,TEIVETT may
have been, or whathi.s claims to notoriety
may be, we hardly know ; nor would it be
profitable to inquire. Enough for us to say
that he .is a veritable human being, very
much in sympathy with the traitors in the
North, distinguished by his fascinating
manners, great fluency of speech, inde
scribable apparel, and a genial but irre
pressible way of obtaining admission to the
private rooms of newspaper editors; a
quaint, queer, amusing creature, who finds
a great plenum in addressing letters to the
Queen of England, and opening a general
correspondence with royalty. With the
exception of a single reply from the Em
peror NAPOLEON, who evidently saw in Mr.
JEWETT such a . congeniality of tempera
ment thdt he could not resist patronizing
LIM, this eccentric chevalier's correspond
ence has been, we are sorry to say, all
on the one side. He has sent us a
small pamphlet, containing his recent
efforts, printed in London, and dated
"Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate, "
which bath a lofty sound, and suggests
good dinners and airy chambers for WIL
LIAM CORNELL JEWETT. His brochure
contains sixteen letters, all signed " WrL-
Lr.k3l CORNELL JEWETT," excepting one,
from an editor in New York. NAPOLEON,
COMA RECIIBURG, of Austria, ALEXANDER,
- VICTOR EMMANUEL, ISABELLA, PALMER
STON, RUSSELL, DISRAELI, LINCOLN, SE-
WARD, and DAY'S, are all duly addressed.
NAPOLEON is favored with two letters, the
first of which concludes with an appeal that
the writer be pardoned his obtrusion on NA
POLEON'S " sacred privacy." Count IlEctr
rico, the Austrian Foreign Minister, seems
to have given JEWETT an interview, and to
have stated that "Austria favors a mediation
of American matters upon the friendly basis,
inaugurated by NAPOLEON, and would
cheerfully act in concert with France and
other Powers for a just tribunal upon the
favor of either North or South, and in his
judgment mediation was not interference."
All of which makes us regret that the Count
was silly enough to have granted such an
interview, and to have permitted himself to
be dragged before the world in this unneces
sary and - ridiculous mannei.
Of course, Mr. JEWETT, having written
two letters to NAPOLEON, could not com
plete his mission without seeing ROEBUCK—
ROEBUCK of Sheffield, commonly called the
'"Dog Tearein." He does not write to
ROEBUCK, but he speaks of an interview
with him, and his urging upon the Sheffield
refiesentative the necessity of an amend
ment to his motion for recognition es
tablishing "an international tribunal,"
which Mr. ROEBUCK declared he would not
make. 'Straightway JEWETT pounces upon
DISRAELI, and demands his adoption'of the
amendment with this threat : " Should you
decline, Iwill , in a future public position, hold
England responsible for the cons . equences
through your neglect." What this precisely
means we cannot determine, but we suppose
that it is the idea of JEWETT to return
to this country and be elected President
on a ticket with FERNANDO WOOD or
some 'one of the glory-ripened generals
who left- the army for the good of
the service, and declare war with Eng
land—a prospect very alarming, and
which must have brought grief and care to
the brilliant author of " Vivian Grey."
Whether it brought grief or not, it seems
that JEWETT obtained no satisfaction,- and
was compelled to apply to the Government.
Accordingly, we find him speaking or an in
terview with Mr. LAYARD, in which he tells
us what he said to that minister, but no word
of the reply he' obtained—suggesting a pru
dence on the part of the Englishman that
Count RECHBERG might well have imitated.
This ends the diplomacy, and the pamphlet
closes at "Palace Hotel, Buckingham
Gate," on the 22(1. of July, Mr. JEWETT
being then in the act of inditing a letter to
Mr. LINCOLN, which is by this time in
Washington, and. in some of the President's
numerous waste-baskets. What JEwErr
will next do we do not know. Perhaps re
turn horhe and join'the peace party in New
York ; perhaps find his way to Vichy or the
Tuileries, or continue writing letters to the
crowned - ..heads of 'Europe: We trust- that
our volunteer diplomatist may have a plea
sant time in London, and that the keeper of
the "Palace Betel, Buckingham Place,"
will have no difficulty in being remunerated
for board, lodgings, and stationery.
The Substitute Business.
The business of- obtaining substitutes to
take the places of those drawn by the
conscription has become very extensive,
although, on account of the wise provision of
Congress in reference to the three-hundred
exemption bill, it has not been as lucrative
as it might be. We have heard many
stories of fraud and violence and perfidy
in this matter, all of which may be at
tributed to the villainy of a class of men,
who call themselves substitute broker& and
by the, management of capital are enabled
to bring together large numbers of men, and
dispose of them to the highest bidder. It is
not our purpose now to make any reference
to the many arts used by the agents,of these
brokers to obtain men for merchandise, but
to particularize a case developed yesterday.
It seems that certain bad men went to the
camp of Colonel Clntltricoo r and enticed a
number of enlisted men away to be sold as
substitutes. They had been recruited, en
listed, mustered in, and placed in camp, and
their absence became desertion. They were
arrested, and will be punished as deserter&
The promptitude with which Colonel
Cutimmus acted deserves much praise. He
brought the subject to the *attention of the
Seeretary of War, who at once made an
order governing all such cases. Conscripts
obtaining substitutes will be compelled to
assume the responsibility of their being
valid. When a person is foisted upon the
Government who has been previously en
listed, the- Government will hold the con.
script responsible for service. A substitute
must be legal and valid andin all respects a
prOyer pan before jaia Fut' olpal'a liability
ceases. Our friends would do well to re
member this. It will gave thiiim time, trou
ble, and money. In the meantime, we trust
that while our authorities are punishing the
men who desert, they will also punish the
men who prompted them to the crime.
Public Opinion. Abroad.
Such of the English journals as have not
been subsidized illy Mr. LAIRD, the disintiy
rested builder of the Alabama and- other
privateering vessels, or by Mr. MASON, the
Southern Ambassador to PALMERSTON and
RUSSELL, (who decoriMsly avoid receiving
hi m p u bli c ly,) freely enough confess that
General IVIRADE's defeat of the rebels under
LEE at Gettysburg, is a reality, and that it
was not exactly LEE'S intention to be beaten,
by way of diversion, They also acknowledge
the capture of Vicksburg to be the heaviest
blow that Secession could have received on
the.banks of the Mississippi. In the farce of
"The Irish Tutor," in which. TYRONE
Powxn, as may be remembered, played the
part of Doctor 0' Toole with great humor ;
whenever his pupils committed any out
rageous contretemps, he would wink at the
wondering spectator, significantly shake his
bead, and declare, in a rich brogue, "That's
part of my system." Many English journals
have represented LEE as a second 0' Toole,
and, when he was soundly beaten in and
fairly driven out of Pennsylvania, affect to
be entirely in the secret, declaring "That's
part of Ms system."
The illustrated Times, one of the hest of
the London pictorials, puts a fine portrait of
General MEADE upon the first page of its
issue of July 25th, and, not having any
fear of Secessia in its heart, (surely a news
paper may be hearty, as ARTEADJS WARD
would say t) appends to it an excellent and
impartial memoir of that gallant soldier.
This biography, which would fill a column
of. The Press, is fair as well as full. It de
tails the leading circumstances of the Gene
ral's public career, and concludes with this
sentence :
" As our readers are already aware, Gen:
IVIE.IDE was appointed on the 28th ult.
(June), to succeed General HOOKER as
commander of the Army of the Potomac;
and so vigorously did he set about the per
formance of his duty that by the Ist inst. he
had come up with General LEE at Gettys
burg, and, after three days' obstinate fight
ing, compelled the Southern leader to retire
from the field, and thereby at once relieved.
Pennsylvania, of the Confederate invasion
and restored the spirit which a succession of
defeats had destroyed in the Federal army."
The same journal, it may be stated, while
it is thus frank about the defeat of LEE, and
its consequences, rather doubts the result of
the capture of Vicksburg, though it con
feases that it would enable the Union war
ships to traverse the mighty Mississippi
without rebel interruption. It is too much,
perhaps, to expect that it should have been
wholly logical and candid at once.
The illustrated London News, also of July
25, has hitherto exhibited remarkably strong
anti-Union proeb,yities. When we mention
that it was conducted for many years by Dr.
OiIARLES MACKAY, who, as a traveller
among us, - wrote an able book strongly con
demning the working of the "peculiar insti
tution" in the South, trough he now backs
up Slavery, as New York correspondent of
the London Times, no one need wonder
at 'the anti-Union tone which has long per
-vaded it. - The success of General 111..EA:DE is
admitted, in its' columns, to be "the only
piece of real generalship that has been de
veloped by the Federal leaders," but, mind
ful of its old hostility to our cause, sug
gesta that • " some people" think, that if
LEE has received a - check, he only leans
back the better to spring forward, as
the French proverb has it. Again, though
the capture of Vicksburg is undeniable,
it insinuates that " some people" pro
phesy a great Southern victory, and treat
the surrender of Vicksburg as "an or
ganized canard for Federal purposes in con
nection with the chartered American anni.
versary of the 4th of July." Still; it con
fesses that LEE'S raid was an absurd design
that came to a - bad end, and, on the very
same page, gives full particulars of the un
conditional surrender of Vicksburg, which
it owns was a terrible blow for the rebels.
All thrmigh these papers there is an evident
under-current of contrition at their former
folly in anticipating' that the South must
eventually triumph. They appear ashamed
of their ignorance of the American ques
tion, but know not how to get out of the
difficulty. So they begin by praising Gene
ral MEAUE and his exploits, which they can
safely do, and while . they pooh-pooh the
capture of Vicksburg in one article, give
long details in another of its " uncondi
tional .surrender," In a week or two they
may tell the whole truth.
A Mexican Te Deum.
The most cheerful reading that we have.
encountered for a long time, is. contained in
the despatches of General Fon - Ev to the
Emperor NAPOLEON, announcing his victo
ries in Mexico. French literature generally
is very original and eccentric; and particu
larly those 'portions of it devoted to the de
seription of battles and victories. We re- 1
member the Carmagnoles of BARERE, and
the extravagance of many of NAPOLEON'S
early bulletins. The aisPutes that arose out
of the imaginative propensities of ST. All-
NAM), during the Crimean war, still agitate
the English and French, and there are those
that still smile over the valorous and harm
less achievements of NAPOLEON in Italy, as
duly recorded in the Moniteur. FOREY,
however, seems to excel them all. We even
forget BARERE and his Bappots in our admi
ration of this prolific and Vivacimis writer.
We are told that when his last despatch
reached Paris, it was forwarded to Vichy,
where the harassed Emperor is sojourning
for the good of his health, by a special train..
And, furthermore, we are told that the
Emperor became joyous, and had a Te
Drum in •the principal church. First,
the bulletin was posted up in the thermal
gallery and a large crowd assembled to
cheer the Emperor. Then came the Empe
ror, with a wounded Mexican officer who
had brought the trophies, on his right hand,
on his way to mass, and when the Emperor
met the officer, who before had been-merely
a captain, he saluted him, "Bonjour, com
mandant," after which the mass was so
lemnized. The despatch, which was the
occasion of so much felicitous stage display
on the part of the Emperor, purports.to tell
how FOREY'S heart, on the 10th of June,
was thrilling with emotion—he at that time
being in the city of Mexico, which city had
'been captured without a loss of life, in con
sequence of its evacuation by JUAREZ.,
The army had- been received, he says, "with
an enthusiasm approaching to delirium ;"
the soldiers "were literally overwhelmed
with bouquets," and with the officers of
the staff" he attended a Te Dom in "the
magnificent Cathedral," and so on, even to
the :cries of "Vivo L'Empereur ! ATive
L'lmperatirie !" The solemnity of this Te
Deum was not at all affected by the fact that
there bad been no fighting. It is a consola
tion to know, howeVer, that as late as May
21 he had intended fighting, but the " ne
cessity of waiting for convoys" delayed
him until the evening of the 31st of May,
when, learning that J - o - Amcz had evacuated
Mexico, he immediately sent forward and
took possession, after 'which the " enthu
siasm approaching to delirium," as described
before.
Millis the- story of FORE'S. We have
another narrativeywhich should , becarefully
read, that we may understand this Mexican
Te D61.1M. A writer in the London Times
tells us, on the 211 of June, that FORICY'S
delay was inexplicable ; that he might have
at once advanced and taken the city, and
that perhaps he was waiting until JuABEZ
bad gathered enough men together to make
his defeat something glorious. As FOREY
evidently belongs to the class of military
commanters that esteem glory at as cheap
it, price as possible, any such suggestion is
pure irony. Ile - waited—for " convoys,"
he tells us—inexplicably - waited until the
Mexican packed up his specie and left the
city. Then he came. " His reception could
scarcely be called enthusiastic," says this
writer, " still, triumphal arches were erect
ed," (by fatigue parties, probably,) "flowers
were showered down upon him balconies
were filled with ladieo, and the whole 01 the
THE PR ESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1863.
population seemed to have turned out, if
for no other purpose, at all events to
gratify their curiosity." We are' very sorry
that the " delirium " seems to have been
seen by no one but FOREY, and filhese two
narratives so far differ as to:pain sensitive
and good men, let us not be uncharitable,
but remember that a Te Deunz is 'a precious
thing, and, if one can be maauf4cturcd) out
of these flimsy Mexican materials, let u.rnot
be too curious, nor look closely at the shreds''
and patches. FOREY has been inde a mar
shal, and the Emperor has said his prayers
at Vichy, and Captain, the orderly officer
who brought the news, has had his rank
advanced with "Son jour, Commandant."
It's alivery pretty and attractive, and let the
Lord be praised Let the curtain fall, with
the flowers clustering around the smiling
FOREY, and JVAREZ, in the distance,
gathering his forces for another and a
deadlier struggle. We look beyond the
noise and music and fanfaronadc, and say
to the grim and gallant Mexican, God speed
you in your cause, and when we have ended
these rebels in the South a sword or two may
be spared to aid you in your undertaking.
TER POST OFTIOE.—The request which
our Postmaster, Mr. WALBORN, Makes in
his card, to=day, deserves general 'attention.
Carelessness in letter delivery Mr. WALBonN
proposes to remove in the simplest way—by
inviting and investigating the coMplaint of
those aggrieved. A spirit of efficiency has
become characteristic of our post;office go
vernment, and Mr. WALBORN is determined,
to perfect its system. His present proposal
affords double guarantee that the !postal in
terests and the public comfort will be faith
fully served.
The Draft Completed. •
The (Iran for the entire District of Clolumbia was
completed to day. Outside the limits or liVashing.
ton, the result of which has been already announced,
the number is seven hundred whites arid, sixty-five
colored.
Mr. BLOCKFORD. the Commissioner of Enrolment,
was drawn, causing much amusement to the specta
tors. The drawing is generally adraittO to have
been fair. Brokers are offering to supply aubstitutes
at $2OO apiece.
Several detectives have been stationed at the rail
road station to prevent drafted persons frOm leaving
the city, and thus far about one hundred have been
turned back and others at various points , have been
arrested by the military authorities.
Some of the colored conscripts have already pre
sented themselves for duty.
The eollector of Internal Revenue hat been ap
pointed by the War Department receiver of the $3OO
commutation money.
Contradiction of a Canard.
Statements appeared in some of the Northern
papers, after the fall of Vicksburg and the defeat of
LEE, to the effect that the question of
,peace had
been discussed in the Federal Cabinet, and that a
Cabinet crisis had been caused by a pro Position of
Mr. SEWARD to issue a Presidential, pro c tlamation,
offering an amnesty to the Southern pe ple, with
drawing the emancipation proclamation, suspend
ing the confiscation act, and offering prtection to
the persons, property, and rights of the Southern
sl y
people, except the leaders; that Attorne _General
BATES and Mr. 111.0ETGOMERY BLAIR favor the
scheme ; that Messrs. STANTON and CELAWE favored
the scheme 'with modifications, and that Mr. WELLES
opposes it, but not so strongly. I
Here, where the public is accustomed t,-assump
tions of this kind, these statements were n t thought
of sufficient importance to demand attention. It
seems now that they went to Europe, and were
made the foundation there of new castles in the air
built by the European enemies of the 'United
States. It is, therefore, proper to say that these
statements had,no foundation whatever ; In fact, no
much debates or proposition, or any debate or preper
sitions on the subject of peace, or of such an am
nesty, have been made or had in the Cabinet, nor
have any such differences arisen. I
Order Repressing Rebel Depredations.
The following is the order recentlyisin;ed by the
General,in-Chief of the Army for the repirssion o
guerilla outrages on the line of the Or nge and
Alexandria Railroad. We find it incorpbrated in
an order from General HOWARD to his command—
the 11th Corps:
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LESTRITCTIONS FROM THE GE'NERAL•IN• 111E.F.
The numerous depredations °committed b citizens,
rebel soldiers in disguise, harbored and corieealed by
citizens along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.,
and within our lines, call for prompt and, elernplar3r
punishment. You will, therefore, arrebtan I confine
for punishment or put beyond our lines every citizen
against whom there is sufficient evidence of his hav
ing engaged in these practices ; yeawill also notify
the people within ten miles of the railroad that they
will be held responsiblein their persons and property
lot any injury cone to the road, trains, d pas or
stations, by citizens, ,guerillas,, or persor sin ' dis
guise, and in case of such injury, they country £ long the
" I be ien
pi ess.ed as laborers to repair all damages. If these
niessines should not stop such depredation; , the en
tire inhabitants of the district of,
wil i
railroad will be put across the lAne, and tl eir pro
perty taken for Government use. I
H. W. HALLECK, General inr Chief.
Tile RocheSter Draft.
The Eon. ALFRED ELY, of New York,rhas pre
sented to the War Department the claim% of the
corporation of Rochester, and the Twenty.eighth
Congressional district to be credited on the present
draft in his district the excess of men tun ished by
it on former quotas.
It is understood that the Department ac
the allowance claimed, and that the order Ns
-to other similar cases.
Appointment
The Sergeant-staring 9;" ttm @iaz!.te has
T. W. SannINOS, And appointed HENRY
of New Hampshire, postmaster of that body
Naval.
Commander WOQDWORTE has been order
command of the Narragansett,
Fire ilitadred Prisoners Taken
"Lost Children."
GEN. GILMORE'S NEW BATTERIES MOUNTED
LARGEST GUNS IN AMERICA,
BALTIMORE, August 7.—The American'B; special
correspondent says :
FLAG -SHIP AUGUSTA DINSMORE,
0E191%1010:LIS ISLAND, August 3.
I find myself this evening located on the ag-ship
Augusta Dinsmore, the guest of Admiral Dahlgren,
by whom I have been most kindly received hnd wel
comed to its hospitality.
All here are confident of success. No one seems
to entertain the slightest doubt on the subiect, and
with such a feeling prevalent, failure is next to an
impossibility. '
The grand ball will be opened in the elouree of
the week, and it will be the most furious fight of the
war. Mooring buoys have been located from each
of the monitors, and the Ironsidee is within five
hundred yards of Sumpter, and that 'Sumpter will
fall, is, I think, as certain as that the day of attack
will arrive.
The enemy are also at work erecting batteries
on „Tames Island, but we are putting up bat
teries to command them also. There I+3 been
but little cannonading to-day,. but some of the
monitors will go in tonight to harass the
enemy. Yesterday there was considerable can
nenading all day and durine the night The guns
of the naval battery, which is the advance battery,
will be erected to-night. Yesterday, five ":hundred
prisoners were taken by four companies of the "Lost
Children" in the rear of Folly;lsland. They showed
but little fight, and after receiving two vollys, laid
down their arms. There have not been ado en guns
fired today, and they were principally filoin our
-
water batteries. The enemy has been unusually:
quiet, evidently ending that he has been wasting a
great deal of ammunition lately. The sea is very
calm and the weather very hot; but all are 'hopeful'
and confident. The arrival of reinforcements has
given new spirits to the troops on shore.
BOSTON, August 7.—The correspondent of the
Boston Herald, in a letter dated off Charleston, Aug.
2d, says that the new battery erected by tJ-eneral.
Gilixiore on Morris Island is mounted by thel largest
guns over oast at the North. When these batteries
are opened against Sumpter there will be ik dread
ful scattering of bricks, legs, arms, and bodies. 'An
hour and a half will be allowed for the blomberd
went of that fort before it will be compelled to
surrender.
The Siege of Charleston—The .Rebel Press
Despaudent — An Appeal from Darls- - Lee
Ready for Battle.
FORTRESS MONROE, Auguit 6.—The steamship S.
B. Spaulding has arrived. She left Stono Tnlet on
the 4th inst. Her officers report the siege of ()herles
ton progressing favorably. There was no important
The fiag.of-truce boat New York,. under .oharge of
Major John E. Mulford, arrived here last evening
trorn City Point, with 9.50 exchanged prisoners-
The Richmond papers contain no news of
ante.
Jeff Davis has issued an urgent appeal, to the
Confederate officers and soldiers to return to their
various camps and corps. He complains ofl a want
of alacrity on the part of all classes in not leoming
forward in this most dismal hour of the South.
The Richmond Examiner is glooMy over tl e pros
pect at Charleston, and says the fail of that. place
will be the most mortifying and disastrous event of
the war, and a fatal blow to the cause of the Con
federacy.
The-Richmond papers state that Lee has massed
his troops and is ready for another battle.
The Examiner says the soldiers are in excellent
condition - and spirits, and that an engageMent is
possible, if not probable, on the line of the Hopi-
WA.SI-11P4T4G-'l'oPd..,
Special Despatches to The Pxess.
WASHINGTON, Augut4 7,-1863
CHARLESTON.
THE BALL ABOUT TO BE REOP
THE FALL OF. SUMPTER PREDIC
NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONRIIE,
It is believed in Richmond that General Meade,
has been reinforoed by Genernl Grant to the extant
of 15,000.
The Richmond papers have no newe from Charles
ton later than has been received through sedersl
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IN WAR ICI THE SOUTRWCST.
ARRRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS.
BLOCKADE OF THE RED RIVER.
An Important Movement-from Vicksburg,
ishrw yoax, August 7.—The steamer George
Washington has arrived with dates to the Ist inst.
She passed on the 4th knit., in let. 27, long. 79, the
Vatted States sfeamsloorr Richmond, bound North.
Among the passengers on the George Washington
it 3Brigadier Geneval.Dwight.
Fa-Mayor Stitt:trig New Orleans, had arrived at
that day, having been releaseditom Port Pickens;
also Ex• Senator Leefe. They had been in Port
PiCkeraysince last September..
General lierron , s command hati , arrived at N ew
Orleans. The United States' steamer Tennessee,
Admiral' Ferragut's flag-ship, was at New Orlean
A largo number of invalids from the rebel gatriS.
pipit of Vitaeburg had arrived at Pfbw Orleans, as
had' some fifty registered' enemies. from St. Louis,
their destination being Mobile.
The new monitor Neosho was atltinkeburg, and
the Osage was expected.
The gunboats Choctaw andPittsburg - were block
ading the-Red river.
An important military and naval expedition was
on foot at Vicksburg.
General , Grant has some dozen skeletonvegiments
of negtoes organizing at Vicksburg.
DX F. X I 60' Q.
American anal English Vessels Seized' by
New Yonn, August 7.—By arrivals at this port,
from New Orleans, we learn that Vera - Cruz ad
vices received in that city to July 16th, report the
death of the Ainerican consul on the lath.
There were no.Amerlaito or English vessels.of-war
on the coast:
French vessels were engaged in seizing everything
English or American. On the Bth ult., a French
side-wheel steamer arrived at Vera Cruz , with an.
English topsail schooner in tow, which was cap
tured on the Rio Grande, with a cargo of arms.
valued at $300,000, intended for the Texas rebels,
though the schooner cleared at Liverpool for Mata
moros. Her officers report five more vessels loading
for Matamoros.
From San Francisco.
SAN FRANOJSCO, August 7,—Businese watt gene
rally suspended yesterday.thoughout the State. The
Union mass meeting and appropriate services in . the
churches were the principal forms of the celebration.
The city was brilliantly illuminated last night, and
an extensive torchlight procession moved through
the streeta.
The Pioneer foundry, at Gold 11111, Nevada Terri
tory, was burned this morning. Loss $lOO,OOO gno
insurance.
Arrived, steamer Golden Age, from Panama,
bringing merehandize valued at $750,0001 The ship
Tanjore, from Boston ' has also arrived.
The steamer Sierra Nevada, with $950;000.in trea
sure from Oregon, and $7,000 from British Columbia,
hits arrived. .
There is an increased inquiry for goods generally,
indicating the early setting in of the fall trade.
excitement in Illinois:
Ouromto, August I.—The Muscatine Journal of
the 9th, says that ten - Unionists who were most
prominent in the affair last Saturday have been ar
rested and put under bonds , for their appearance at
court. The rioters, to the number of 100, are now
encamped near Sigourney, and demand the imme
diate trial for murder of those arrested.
The excitement is said to be intense. At Wash
ington a company numbering lid men has been
raised, firlly armed and equipped, and ready to
march to the scene of trouble. It is also understood
that 300• 'Unionists are now under arms at South
' English.
Ihe , Quebee Board of. Trade.
PORTLAND, August 7.—The Quebec. Board of
~ Trade will arrive here . to-day. The delegates will
meet our merchants on 'Change at noon, and in the
afternoon will ride around the city and suburbs. A
complimentary ball will De given theta.
The Western press will be represented by eleven
members. Large-delegations are also present from
the press of New York, Boston, and other cities.
United States Christian Commission.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Two good meetings were
held here yesterday, in behalf of the Christian Com
mission, at which much enthusiasm was manifested.
Address were made by Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, of Cin
cinnati, and Rev. A. G. kicaLulfy, of youecity. A
collection of over $2OO was taken up.
The Conimer cl4l Excursion.
PORTLAND, August 7.—A. ball was given to the
Western delegates tonight. It was a brilliant affair.
To-morrow they go on an excursion to the islands
in the harbor.
An invitation has been received for the several
delegations to visit Quebec on leaving Portland.
Mounties to Volunteers.
Truarro - N, August 7.—The city, by the unanimous
vote of the Common Council, has offered a bounty
of- $2OO to volunteers to rill up its quota, and thus
escape a draft.
Important military enterprises are on foot to cap
ture Mobile, and the fall of that city may be the next
signal event.. Stirring news will soon arrive from
that quarter.
Return of Maine Regiments.
PosTotr, August 7.—The 21st And 25th Maine Regi
ments arrived here last night from Port Hudson, en
route for home.
- The Draft at Buffalo.
El7 - 13TALO, August 7.—The draft has been resumed
here. It will take several days to complete it.
The Kentucky Election.
CfNCINNATI, August 7.—The Gazelle has returns
from twenty-one counties of Kentucky, showing a
resjoytty of 16,041 for Mr. Branalette, the Union can
for Governor.
!Ceded to
ill apply
The American Dental Convention.
SARATOGA, August 7.—The American Dents
Convention closed ita se•aioca to-day.
Markets by Telegraph.
Onmiww.kil 'Y.—Flour quiet. Wheat
active; red, 9841.00 c ; white 1096 , 110 c. Corn dull at
60@61c. Whisky, boge, and provisions unchanged;
no sales of importance. Gold 26.@`27.
, d to the
A War with England.
To the Editor of The Press :
Sin : I was much pleased with the temper of
your remarks, a few days ago, in regard to a war
with England. I have been quite disgusted with
the speculations of some editors on this subject, who
speak of it as lightly as Ma sparring - match bet Ween
two rowdies. War, as we ,
know to our cost, is a
serious evil, and we ought to get rid of the one we
have on hand before we provoke- another. The
moral sense of our community would never consent
to a war against the commerce of England, and the
talk of " sweeping their commerce from the ocean',
is unwise. Every reflecting man must be satisfied of
the supreme folly of a war with England so long as
by the
it can be avoided withhonor. Our interests are too
firmly united to be divided by the ranting , of a few
Editors in England or here. At the same time our
Government should, as we have no doubt they
have done, firmly remonstrate against the British
Government allowing ships to be built in their
waters for the rebels, and they should go further,
and let them understand, in case of the capture of
any'of these vessels, every British subject should be
made to walk a plank. If a few blockade-runners
were served in this way it would soon stop the
trader;--It would be serving the enemies 'of the
country as they deserve.
•
I am; sir, truly yours, W.
PHILADELPHIA., Aug. '7, 1863.
Public Entertainments.
THE NEW CHESTNIIT•STREET THEATRE Will re
open on Monday with "The Martinetti Family and
Marzetti"—a troupe of great versatility in the style
of the Ravels. Their repertoire of ballet and panto.
mime is very , large and popular, and their ability of
performance unquestionable. Mlle Marietta Zan
fretta, a distinguished member of this troupe, is re
markable for her graceful and daring performances
on the tightrope. The opening bill of the new exhi
bition will comprise a grand ballet, of novel interest,
in which a large number of talented dancers will
take part, and the cheerful pantomime of "The
Green Monster."
MR, ADOLPH EIRGFELD, our famous Band.
master, has gone to Cape May, and music, of course,
goes with him—like a pail of his nature. Mr. Blrg
feld is so intelligent a musicagleader, and hie band
is so much in characler with its chief; that we feel
assured our friends at the Cape will possess a new
and positive luxiiry in music, worthy of neighbor
hood to the sea in summer-time. Certainly, the
presence there of so fine a bind adds something to
he quality of the season. •
Tir attention of gas fitters and plumbers is in
vited to an advertiaement itt to-day , a paper.
Dixprz..—The American Publisher's Circular states
that Mr. Longfellow, the poet, - is engaged on an Eng
lish version of Dante's "Divine Commedia.'l_ The
only passable translations of this: noble poem, , into
English verse, are by the late Rev.'Efenry Francis
Cary, of the British Museum, and Mr. Ichabod
'Wright, banker, Nottingham. It would honorably
crown Mr. Longfellors , s brilliant career to transfuse
the great Italian's poetry into English.
Lounox Irlus , ricAntu NEWS.—We have received
the number for July 25, with a supplement, from 'Kr.
J. J. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street. It is a superior
number, with engravings of five picture% in thnLom.
don Exhibitions, and portraits of eminent artists.
By the President :
J. P. ,BENJAMIN, Sec'y of State.
The Gloom Throughout the South.
SIGNS OF DISSATISFACTION REPROACHES AND
REARTEDIMINGS—TONE OP THE SOUTHERN PRESS
—INDICATIONS OF SUBMISSION—A REI.S.ARICABLE
LORD BROUGHAM .AND THE BISHOP Or BEEPER. ARTICLE PROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
—The appearance of Lord Brougham and the Bishop. OUR Bin Its FOREVER.—If any shortsighted
of Exeter in the llouee of Lords, recently, is thus Confederates, of feeble knees and palid livers, have
described by a lady : been deluding themselves with the idea, that, in case
A noble and learned lord,, whose name is histori- of subjugation by our enerny, the worst that could
cal; and which will live with the language, spoke a happen to us would be merely to go• bask into the
few evenings since in the Lords, butnot with a spark "Union as it was," with the " Constitution as it
of that vigor v hich shook that house during the me- , is," &c., it is time for them to assake• from , that dream.
morable trial of . Queen Caroline, and afterwards at For us,n case of being overcome in. the field, there
the still memorable epoch of the reform bill. The is to be no Constitution and no. law. The entire
painfulness of the incident consisted in the almost possession of the whole Southerneountry,withevery
decrepit weakness the noble and leernefi lord exhibi- house and estate ; the absolute fee-simple of all the
ted; a weakness which was made themore painfully land, with its "woods and waters, mills and fish
manifest when he stopped in the middle of his speech, hags, to have and to hold ea:lto Yankees, their heirs
and, in order to render his articulation easier to him- and assigns ;" this Is the prizehar which our enemy
self and clearerto his auditors, removed this fights, and without the paospect of which he would
adjencta to hie mouth. It was with• no little Wi• not strike another lick. , To fully attain this, it will
sully that he could do so, and, when he had =WM- be necessary for the Yankees to abolish the Genial
plished it, his. articulation was worse- than it was tution entirely, so far se regards us Confederates.
befOre. Be stood upon the floor of the House the Wearant be left witlaout rights, without legal reuae
wreck of a great man indeed. Be is now eighty- dies, an inferior raze creeping on the Mee of our
four years of age. Another legislative Neater that own land/ To make all ready far this sweeping ope
eame'evenieg displayed the infirmity that must, of ration (which they think tieler will be in conditton
necessity, attend extreme old age. An ecclesiastioal to enforce some time next VlTnter), the Yankee lefts
cueetion was brought on—something in connection Wore, it iseems,'Etre preparing an ingenious law. The
with the burial service=and the Bishop of Exeter, design of this law is thus explained by the New
wi, is, I believe, near ninety years of age, came York Times:
down to speak upon .'the subject. It was a painful "TEM Coxnnsos.TloP ACT.—The question of an.
sight. The old man, attired in his full canonicals, amendment to [the confiscation act, so that the
as all the bishops are when in the House of Lords, property of traitors once confiscated shall pass from
rote from his seat, and, tottering to the table ad- then and their heirs forever, is being discussed by
()reseed himself to the subject under consideration; Cringressmen, and will be brought up early in the
but he had not proceeded far when it was seen that - aext session. The law is now construed that after
he 'could not battle with his infirmities, and he tot- - - the death of the traitor, the estate reverts to his
tered beak to hie seat, and he Was allowed to DM.. 1 heirs, which renders the intended working of the act
elude his observations while seated, practically void."
the French.
Mobile.
LITE AND INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
A 'FIGHT AT BRANDY STATION
General Gloom Throughout the Confederacy.
JEFFERSON DAVIS REPROACHES THE
PEOPLE WITH APATHY
SIGNS OF SUBMISSION AIM SUBJUGATION,
The Fight Going on at Charleston.
We have received from our special inwrespondent
additional files of Southern newspapers to the date
of August 6, as follows : •
Richmond 154 via
Richmond Regairel• .
Charleston (S. C.) Courier.....
Montgomery (Alm) Advertiser.
Savannah (Cfa.y News
Augusta (Ga.) Cenziltutionalist
Fight near _Brandy Station.
Special despatch to the Richmond EnVire?'
Onatrar O. H., Aug. 6.—There was a , tight at
Beniids , Station yesterday evening betwoon.a body
of Stuart's cavalry and• Major Brockham , a horse
artillery andthree brigades of Yanked, wlttitaval
ry and twelva•pieces of artillery.
Stuart brought on the fight by shelling the woods,
in which the enemy were concealed. The 'enemy re
sponded, and the tight became general, lasting from
two o'clock until night. The enemy were driven
within. a mile of the Rappahannock river, when,
they being heavilq.reinforeed; our cavalry fell back.
Our loss six killed and eighteen wounded. All quiet
to-day.
ALL - QUIET AT 0 lIPALLTISTON
OITARLRE,TON, August quiet to-day. Bat
tery Wagner is in fine condition, and far stronger
than when the bombardment began. The people
and troops are in good spirits:
The War in the Southwest.
GRANT AT NATairtm— 11.6.17115 ATTACKS DICK
=KM
Mowrow '
A. Miss., Aug. I. large number of the
chiefs and braves of the Ohoetaw tribe passed:
through here yesterday, on the way to visit the
Great Father at Richmond.
Grant has established`a' garrison of about 3,000 ,
men at Natchez:
' Wirt, Adams' scouts bring intelligence that Banks
attacked.Dich Taylor at Donaldsonville on the 23d
ult., and was defeated, with a loss of 6,000, including
4,000 prisoners ; and that Taylor's and Magruder's
forces have since united on the Teche river, which,
if true, will enable Taylor to place in position the
siege guns captured at Thibodeaux, and blockade the
river below.
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
MORTON, August 3.—The latest advices from the
Mississippi river represent the river as swarming
with gunboats and transports above Vicksburg.
Eight gunboats and ten transports were counted
between Vicksburg. and Natchez last Friday. This
does not prevent communication with the trans-
Mississippi , Department. Accounts from that side
are cheering, but contraband.
The enemy have placed a garrison of 2,500 men at.
New Carthage. Logan is watching theii move
ments ; the enemy will hear from him soon.
_ .
' No troops have gone up the river, save McPher
son's corps and part of Burnside's command.
MortTor'', Miss., August 4.—Twenty-two trans
ports, laden with troops, have passed Natchez, going
down, up to Friday.
A number of Banks ,- and Burnside'a regiments
have been mustered out, their terms of service having'
expired.
Transports loaded with negroes are sent up-daily
to Island No. 10, where a-camp for the instruction of
blacks in the manual of arms has been established"
East and - West Louisiana have been stripped to
form negro regiments.-
Rumor says that Sherman is furloughing one out
of every company, and they leave daily for home.
Pillaging parties are sent out daily from 'the gar
risOns of Natchez and New Carthage, who strip the
country of provisions and commit every species of
vandalism. .
The weather is extremely warm—thermometer 99
degrees.
Later from Lee's Army.
The non. arrival of the Central train last night left
us without any direct intelligence from the army of
General Lee. '
The news which we' have from Fredericksburg
assures us that the Yankees have once more made
their appearance on their old stamping-ground, in
Stafford county. About 9 o'clock on Monday morn
ing, some five hundred Yankees were near Brooks'
Station, which is about nine miles from Fredericks
burg, and four from Acquia creek - . The impression
is that it was a mere raiding party.
The detention of the Central train resulted from
an accident between Waynesboro' and Charlottes.
ville.—. Richmond Dispatch, August 5,
MORGAN'S RAID
We understand that, by those of Morgan's men
who crossed the Ohio, the proposition to make a
little detour in the direction of the Panhandle and
"pick up" the Pierpont party, was seriously en
tertained.
Col. Adam Johnson (familiarly known as " Stove
pipe Johnson," which sobriquet he obtained from
having, in .one of his daring freaks, captured the
town of Newberg, Indiana, and 150 of the enemy's
troops, with two stovepipes, mounted on wagon
wheels, and manned byhis force of 16 men) was just
the man to carry nut the project, but the loss of the
ammunition of his command in crossing the river
prevented its execution. For this accident the
seventy-two traitors may bless their stars.—Ricle
mond Enquirer, August 6.
THE LAST RAID INTO NORTH CAILOLINA
The Yankee columns which marched into. North
Carolina have retired. The two which went over
North Carolina soil went bank to Newbern, and the
party that marched into the State from Suffolk,
composed of Spears' and Dodge's cavalry, reached
Suffolk on Sunday forenoon, about lu o'clock. and
at 8 P. M. took up their line of march for Norfolk.
A battery of eight pieces, known as Howard's Regu
lar United States Artillery, which also accompanied
the expedition, proceeded to Murfreesboro, Whence
it will be shipped to Newbern, N. C. The expedi
tion was under the command of Colonel Spears, and
the men freely acknowledged , in Suffolk that the ex
pedition was a complete failure.—Richmond Dispatch,
August 6• ,
A Proclamation from Jefferson Davis.'
HE REPROACHES THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE WITH
APATHY, AND CALLS UPON THE SOLDIERS TO
RETURN TO THE CARPS.
To the Soldiers of the Confederate Slates.
After more than two yeara of a warfare scarcely
equalled in the number, magnitude; and fearful car
nage of its battles—a warfare in which your courage
and fortitude have illustrated your country and at
tracted not only gratitude at home, but admiration
abroad—your enemies continue a struggle in which
our final triumph must be inevitable. 'Unduly elated
with their recent successes, they imagine that tem.
porary reverses Dan quell your spirit or shake your
determination, and they are now gathering heavy
masses for a general invasion, in the vain hope that
by a desperate effort success may at length be
reached.
You know too well, my countrymen, what they
mean by success. Their malignant rage aims at
nothing less than the extermination of yourselves,
your -wives, and children. They seek to destroy
what they cannot plunder. They propose as the
spoils of victory that your homes shall be partitioned
among the wretches whose atrocious cruelties have
stamped infamy on their Government. They design
to incite servile insurrection and light the fires of in
cendiarism whenever they can reach your homes ;
and they debauch the inferior race, hitherto docile
and contented, by promising indulgence of the vilest
passions as the -price of treachery. Conscious of
their inability to prevail by legitimate warfare, not
daring to make peace lest they ehouldThe hurled
from their seats of power, the men who now rule in
Washington refuse even to confer on the subject of
putting an end to outrages which disgrace our age,
or to listen to a suggestion for conducting the war
according to the usages of civilization. -
Fellow- citizens, no alternative is left you but vic
tory, or subjugation, slavery, and the utter ruin of
yourselves, your families, and your country. The
victory is within your reach. You need but stretch 1
forth your hands to getup it. For this, all that is
necessary is that those who are called to the field
by every motive that can move the human heart,
should promptly repair to the post of duty, should
stand by their comrades now, in front of the foe, and
thus so strengthen the armies of the. Confederacy as
to insure success. The men now absent from their
posts would, if present in the field, suffice to create
numerical equality between our force and that of
the invaders—and when with any approach to such
equality have we failed to be victorious 3 I be
lieve that but few of those absent are actuated by
unwillingness to serve their country ; but that
many have found it difficult to resist the tempts
ton of a visit to their homes, and the loved ones
from whom they have been so long separated; that
others have left for temporary attention to their
affairs, with the intention of returning, and then
have shrunk from the consequences of their viola
tion-of duty; that others, again, have left their posts
from mere restlessness and desire of change, each
quieting the upbraidings of his conscience by per
euading himself that hie individual services could
have no influence on the general result. These and
other causes (although far less disgraceful than the
desire to avoid danger, or to escape from the sacri
fices required by patriotism) are, nevertheless, grie
vous faults, and place the cause of our beloved coun
try, and of everything we hold dear, in imminent
peril. I repeat, that the men who now owe duty to
their country, who have been called out and have
not yet reported for duty, or who have absented
themselves from their posts, are sufficient in number
to secure us victory in the struggle now impending.
I call on you, then, my countrymen, to hasten to
your camps, in obedience to the dictates of honor
and of duty, and summon those who have absented
themselves without leave ' or who have r9mained
absent beyond the period allowed by their furloughs,
to repair without delay to their respective com
mands; and I do hereby declare that I grant a gene
ral pardon and amnesty to all officers and men with
in the Confederacy, now absent without leave, who
shall, with the least posiible delay, return to their
proper poets of duty; but no excuse will be received
for any delay beyond twenty days after the final
publication of this proclamation in the State in
which the absentee may be at the date of the publi
cation. This - extend to
all who have been accused of, or who have -nem
convicted and are undergoing sentence for, absence
without leave or desertion, excepting only' those
who have been twice convicted of desertion.
Finally, S conjure my countrywomen—the wives,
mothers. sisters, and daughters of the Confederacy
-to use their all-powerful influence in aid of tars
call, to add one crowding sacrifice to those which
their patriotism has so freely and constantly offered
on their country's altar, and to take care that none
who owe service in the field shall be sheltered at
home, from the disgrace of having deserted their.
duty to their families, to their country, and to-their
God. -
Given under my hand, and the seal, of the
[sICAL.]: Confederate- States, at Richmond, this Ist
day of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty- three.
JEFFERSON DAVIS..
A serious omission, certainly'? in the confiscation
act; and as the time (so they fondly believe) ap
proaches when the grand scheme of plunder is to be
practically applied, they feel that nJ time is to be
lost in arranging all the details of desvolliog us and
disinheriting our heirs forever. To re sure the
"Constitution as it is" forbid. expresay all for
feiture for "treason", except during the Ufa' of the
person attainted. But this is nothing; as are said
before, that Constitution is no longer to be Con
strued as applying tons. Our slaves shall becitizens
under the Constitution.
Our domestic traitors who can prove their "loyal"
treason will have the benefit of the law, 'and probably re: ,
ti l
fain their prdper y, provided they noon give very dis
tinct evidence at they aided our enemies, and did
their uttermo to bring ruin on their neighbors and
On their native States; but for us there is to be no
right, citizensbip,tranchtse,or legal status; we shall
then be precisely in the position which the Supreme
Judges in the Dred Scott case assigned fo the negro race;
and thus, in Yankee cant, a stroking retribution-for
our sins and sublime moral effect, will be combined
with the profitable business of seizing upon the earth
and the fulness thereof, to reward the saints and
their heirs forever.
hut ely, if our people fully understood and laid to
&art the real nature of the strugg7e in which we are err
gaged, there would be no whisper heard anywhere of
any.possible termination CO that seiliggre except in victory
OW" our enemies. Any man who should hint atpeace•
and urge our Government to 'Ake peace, would be
at once marked as a traitor, devising how to de
serve well of his country's enemies, to win induts
genre for himself by abandoning the common cause,.
and tcsrom it rewards out of thephinder of his neigh
bois. - We do believe Mei/ Confederate7universally
compre.cd !hie men would be afraid to speak of
peace or compromise, lest they should meet on the
spot the doom of a traitor.
One may observe sometimes in the Confederate
newspapers phrases which we regard as of iltornem
it has become common to talk sarcastically of the
" last- ditch " men , and - the "last-drop-of-blood" .
men—namely, those who declare that, rather than
Yankee yield to rule, they will shed the last drop of
their blood, and die in the last ditch. Has thirttecome
a ridiculous gentiment, then? It is possible that bar
room orators; ..or even the very gamblers, may have
been heard to bluster in this sort of way without for
a moment meaning to shed thefirst drop of their blood,
or to die anywhere; save imtheir beds. But that does
not make the idea in itself by , any means ludicrous.
On the contrary, if there Lee not now within this
Confederacy several hundrml thougand men, each
one of whom is a " last dmap" man, and a "last
ditch" man, then indeed, it with. •us this day--
with vs and our Weirs forever. if that "confiscation
act " ever comes to be applied throughout our coun
try, those 'who shall live to seu - it will often wish
they had died in any ditch at all.
The phrases may have become cant, and mean no
thing in the mouths of Most who use them, tint the
thing itself—the firm resolution to perish rather thaw
submit
upon any terms whatevew—is- precaselY , what
wanted, and all that is wanted to keep that famous
confiscation act forever in abeyance, a mere orna-.
ment to the Yankee statute book, and to transmit'
our bounteous soil, and. our unstained honor along.
with it, to those unborn heirs forever, whom Wash - -
insion law decrees to he born paupers and slaves.--
Richmond Enquirer, August 6;
august 6.;
...... &tiguet 6.
.... Suly 29.
• • Amgust t.
- -ELuguat 1..
... . . 36.
The Savannah News publishes the following appeal
from General Wayne, in anticipation of an invasion
of Georgia:
Measuring the vital necessity of , this road to his
army, General Bragg has urged that certain. of its
important and exposed points should be strengthen
ed and fortifts d, and has entrusted that honorable
duly, and their defence; when completed, to . you.
Engiffeers are now at work preparing the plans for
defence, and within a day or two you, will be called
upon to execute them. Some are already in hand.
A feW dale of energetic work wall complete the es
tential defences, and until they are done, I. ask
you, each and all, officers and men, to give your
whole soul and hands to the labor. Let individual
wishes and Indulgences be all merged in the now
great necessity, and let no man think of seeing his
home until he has in his own heart an assurance
that it is in security. This work is for your own
homes, wives and little ones. Every stroke of
iamb - you do is for them ; and in their safety will be
that of your country. Do not falter, then, or hesi
tate, but for the few days required for labor show
that you understand a soldier's duty. I ani. no
alarmist, nor Ito I seek unduiY to excite your ap
prehensions ; but in soberness and truth I , tell
you, that if this road is carried by the enemy,
you will no longer enjoy the homes of free
men, and the fate of Middle and West Ten
nessee and of New Orleans will be yours. An infe
rior race, and their agitators, the. Abolitionists, will
thrust you from your farms and enjoy the fruits of
your fields . ; and your lot will be, either abject sub
mission to 'a vindictive enemy, or the life of fugi
tives in the woods and swamps. For all that you
hold dear and honorable, then, labor, hard at the
work the engineers will lay out for you, and give no
thought to leave or furlough until it is done. Then,
I will cheerfully grant the-indulgences authorized
by the Commander-in-Chief, and you will enjoy,
them the more from the consciousness of safety that
your labor has secured. - Until' then, I trust that
neither regiment will - sand up an application for
leave or lurlough, except in extreme, urgent cases
of absolute, indispensable necessity.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
A. & In. General in Command.
[Prom the Eavannah (Ga.) Constitutionalist, Ang. 1.1
We cannot be compered till our armies are de
stroyed and the people become dispirited. Our ar
mies may be forced to fall back and invasion may en
tehd ?full, but what of ill It is only the temporary
loss of the country abandoned, and-the outrage and
insult and injury to which ita inhabitants are sub
jected. And we must never forget this most im
portant truth, that to the extent the enemy
penetrates our country (with a hostile and un
conquered peoule behind and, around him) by
just rso much DI he really weakened. Every
town he `captures must be, garrisoned, and the
army of progression thereby weakened. Andmost
important. ot all, there are natural, physical did:acui
ties which must ever prevent-the penetration of the
interior of the Contederacy, and its permanent occu
pation by the A.bolitionthordes. No army d. , .t.re ven
ture upon such an undertaking without vast num
bers, and the very vastness of its numbers ialta weak
ness. It cannot penetrato at all unless it oistnumbers
our forces, and then its numbers must be sagreat that
it cannot subsist itself = the country th.dough which
it advances ; and failing that, it must occupy as a
base some large river, always open for_transit, or
must possess the moat ample and perfect railroad
facilities. The alissitsippi, Cumberland, and Tennes
see ate the only great rivers by which the Confederacy
can be penetrated hy large armies, ow used as a base
for such, and tho two latter cannolebe relied on for
more than six months in the yeas: Why have not
the enemy overrun and occupied Ploridal Because
it bas no great river, and is protected effectually by
the sparseness of its population, the poverty of its
soil, and the scantiness of its subsistence stores. And
as the enemy steals all from our people wherever he
does penetrate, ills the best policy to destroy all provi
sions which cannot be renzot , e4 before he comes, es other
wise he will use them, and our people driven thence,
must subsist on the stores accumulated from other
soil. Physical causes, while a brave army and a de
fiant people remitin, absolutely prevent the enemy
from overruning, occupying, and conquering the
Confederacy.
HATS WE LOST OUR SPIRIT -
[From the Montgomery, (Ala.) Advertiser, August 1
It is a matter of surprise that there is so little zeal
manifested in this oily and the surrounding country
in malting preparations for our immediate defence,
and especially by those who have the meet at stake.
To be sure, we have frequently met and passed
very patriotic and self sacrificing resolutions, but
where are the fruits of them) The army has not
been increased, and we are to-day as defenceless as we
were before any meeting was called.
Rave um lost our spirit, or did the valiant young men
and did who volunteered at the beginning of this unholy
war lake all the honor, chivalry, and 'manhood with,
Them? -
Neither speeches, resolutions, nor Unending talk
can do us any good without action. What we must
have is a thorough organization; and every man
capable of bearing arms should join it. There
are now a few companies here half filled up,
or perhaps with a full quota of names, but who
do not muster more than a rsapectable squad,
while there should be in this city at least
a regiment, and they should turn out at every drill.
If our soldiers can devote their whole time to the
service, we certainly ought to spend a few hours of
each week in preparing to defend our homes.
Montgomery is one of the wealthiest cities in the
Confederacy in proportion to the number of inhabi
tants, andirt certainly seems to be the most defence
lees.
One of the Southern correspondents thus writee
to the Advertiser:
Heaven speed the time ! And to the attainment
of this end let every able-bodied man in the Con
federacy gird on his armor and go forth like men
and fill up the skeleton regiments of their brethren,
which have been decimated in battle with the hated
foe. 'Why w ill you hesitate'! *.la the cause of South
ern independence less dear than it was at the com
mencement of the war? Shall the imperishable
glory which our armies have won upon many victo
rious battle-fields be ignored and lost in consequence
of the want of reinforcements in the crisis now upon
the country, which you can supply? Shall we fail
in gaining a glorious result, after so much blood has
already been expended? No! is the...universal re
sponee. Then forget your mere private interests—
forget your prejudice against this, that, or the other
general—forget all, except your country, and, with
one voice, as one man, rally to a cause, upon the
success of which your liberties depend.
Come with the weapons at your call,
With musket, pike, and knife;
He wields the deadliest blade of all
Who lightest holds his life!"
General News.
THE GARRISON. AT VICKSBURG.
HEADQUARTERS PAROLED PRISONERS,
DEMOPOLIS, July 20, ISO.
CIRCULAR ORDEIL—The President of the Con
federate States, regarding the furloughs granted the
paroled prisoners from "Vicksburg of too great dura
tion in the present condition of the country, with
the exception of those to the men more distant from
this camp, tberefdre, under his instruction; all
furloughs are rescinded, with the exception of
those to the troops from the trans-Mississippi
Department, and from the State of Tennes
see, which will remain as before. The furloughs
of the troops from Georgia are reduced to
twenty days ; those from Alabama and Mississippi,
to fifteen days. At the expiration of their furloughs
all officers and men will report at this place, as far
as practicable, in their former organizations.
Brigade commanders are authorized and instruct
ed to publish this order in the newspapers of the
districts in which their respective commands were
organized, and will supervise the gathering together
and reorganization of the same.
By order of Lieut. Gen. Pemberton.
F. M. STAFFORD, A. A. G.
Official.
W iLLIAI,t ELLIOTT, A. A. G. -
WILLIAM L. TAN=l".'
[From lice menneotrier3• - anverriSei•:Y
William Lowndes Yancey is no more. The an
nouncement will fall with appalling effect on the
country, the State, and the community of which he .
was the able, earnest, and eloquent representative.
Mr. Yancey died yesterday, at twenty minutes to 4
o'clock P. M., at his residence, near,this city, after
a Severe illness of four weeks, from the effect of
kidney disease. Such was the spir t with which he
had borne up through all the struggles of a mo
mentous life, that few even of his neighbors and.
friends were pi epared for this sad intelligence • :but
Mr. Yancey had been a sufferer from the gnachrigs
of disease for years, and the summons- did note
find him unprepared. He seemed to have &premo
nition of death months ago, and repeatedly, during
his last illness, expressed himself readyiend• willing:
to die. He returned from the late session: of Cou—
p ees greatly worn by his labors, and it was a real ,
pleasure to him to be again at his home in the coun—
try, free from the incessant turmoil of official life-in—
cident to the troubled condition of affairs. Still,
even while endeavoring to recruit his shattered ,
health, his whole soul was wrapt in contemplation:
of the great contest going on for liberty and inde
pendence. Even during the last days of hislife, Where
his body was racked with excruciating pain, his
mind soared above his own sufferings, and• he/pewee.
hotly engaged in field and forum combating, thpOne-
Mies to the peace and independence othis ocnne,ter,i.
TRADING WITH atRISONDRS THE, RDBELB: DOiEN
GREENBACKS..
d practice as humiliating to good.aitizems.sealt is
disgraceful to those who encourage iir,tras 11064 be
come one of the most eager passions of lucre4oving
filly.livered raan in our midst. No. Yankee can escape
them ; they actually scent their prey wheuit is a hun
dred miles away, and the ddpOt by which, itrarriires is
besieged accordingly. Yesterday, morning. upon the
arrival of the Central cars, bringing over seven hun
drrd Yankees, some ten or fifteen of these traders
met the at the el 6pOt and begged for `A•greenbacks
in exchange for Confederate notes, giving ac high
as six dollars in the latte 7 for one la the former!
Such 1261) deserve to be hung. They. art; worse than trai
tors, meaner than cowards, baser this brutes. E.wery
man who trades at all in these socalled " green
backs " should be tried as an enemy to his country.
Ii is clearly a violation of patriotic duty an of na
tional usage, and deserves commensurate' punish
ment at the hands of the Government --dlichnicost
Enquirer, Aug. G.
• AMNESTY TO DESERTER&
Yesterday was a bright day in the calendar for
Castle Thunder. Over five hundred prisoners, in
carcerated under charges of, or undergoing-punish
ment for desertion, were released in accordanee with
the amnesty granted:by the President in his lite
• proclamation. All Seemed delighted, and having
tasted to sortie extent the penalties of their defer),
DANGER TO GEOW•TeAd
WHISTLIN.G. AGAINST THE WIND
"WRY SHOULD WE HESITATE'?"
tion, expressed themselves grateltillyfor the "change
of air" thus afforded them. Idmil of them stated
that they were not deserters, and roe anxious to
prove their assertion by their actions fn the field.—
Richnumd Enquirer, August 6.
PLaiss op TRIJOB.—On We,dneaday morning:: ist Haw
of-truce boat, with three hundred paroled Muted's.
ratea on board, arrived at linty Point. Ten of the
number were sick and wounded. Three hundred
Yankees were sent down in exchange.
FEDERAL rnisonEns.
Seven hnndred and fifty Yankee prisoners, being
the het of those captured at Gettysburg, arrived by
the Central train yesterday morning. They were
marched over to Belle Isiand.
nu - rousse.
Large numbers of refugeea from Middle Tennessee
continue to arrive in Chattanooga.
THE' STATE.
The 'Union Nominations—Gov. cverthro
Pe eh.- of Acseptaikce—ifalthuoluafol of site
e opNe.
(From 143 Irani Lbws' Telefra,l l , Ant, 7.
An immense concourse of the citizens of Harris , *
burg, with an equal number of citizens and soldiers,
assembled in the State Capitollwounds last evening,
for the purpose of ratifying the re-nomination of
non. Andrew G. Curtin:4er Governor, and lion. Dap
niel Agnew, of Beaver c - muity, as Judge of the - Su.'
prente Court. While tt was thts to ratify their no
mination, the rosin purpoot of the assemblage ceeniedt
to be a serenade to Governor Cartia. A splendid
band of music was in attendance, and after the sere.
nade was ended, Governor Curtin appeared to ad
dress the crowd. His appearance was the signal of
great enthusiasm, pax ticularlj among the soldiens,•
of whom large numbers were present from--the dif
ferent camps surrorndingthis efty. After order was ,
restored, Governor Curtin addressed the crowl'sdb.
Blantial)y as follows
1)33 much obliged to you for this expression in
favor of my nomination by the Convention whick•
assembled in Pittsburg yesterday; • and I take the
occasion to signify my acceptance of that nomina
tion. [lmmense applause.] It has long been the
custom in Pennsylvania to bring candidates for
official position before the public by means of Bush
representative bodies; and in this instance there are
circumstances surrounding and connected with the
election of delegates and the actiorrof the•Convia
tion which I feel are highly ile.ttering.to me.
Having-administered the ifacedutive Government
of Pennsylvania for nearly three years, in times of
great public encitement and distress, my course has
been strictly observed, and all' my acts have been
subjected to the severest criticism. In the coming
canvass and election, they are to be submitted to
canoid and generous people; upon their verdict I
confidently rely, knowing that it is beyond appeal.
But, my.lellow.citizens, the administration of the
Government of Pennsylvania sinks into ;insignifi
cance when compared with the great struggle in
which we are engaged for then s... Hea t -ion and supr a. macy of the National Government—a struggle which
involves the - preasrvation of thenational life itself.
It is at our Government, my friends,lhe blows of the
rebellion. are all aimed_ They world overthrow that
great system of human freedom- which lies at the
foundation. of our national stracture, that noble
idea which struggled into life in the Revolution, and
which found shape and form in the Declaration of
Independence as it proclaimed to the world the
equality of man and his capacity for self government.
For such a Government:its founders passed through
their ordeal of blood. and self-sacrifice, and handed
it down to us with the teachings of the apostles of
liberty in.that age. They gave us a National Go
vernment with all the attributes of power and-inde
pendent nationality,end within which the powers
reserved to the Stateeare so well defined and in such
perfect harmony, that there can be no conflict of an.-
thority where properly understood and honestly ad
ministered.
In times of profound' peace, the theories which
would set up. State authority against the power of
the National Government might be regarded as the -
'dreams of thevisionary ; but now, when an armed
rebellion is striking at the very citadel of the na
tional fabric, the assertioniof rights to States which
conflict with the powers dedicated to the Federal
Government, or obstruct the execution of the laws
by the President, its visible head, must be regarded
as an insanity, second only to that which influences
those in armed rebellion, and as giving them aid,
ayinpathy, and comfort in their treasonable purposes.
The people of Pennsylvania, with few exceptions,
have, as set, been steadfast in their fidelity, to the
Government. [Applause.l. We have given our
wealth heely, when called upon, and have-more than
answered all requirements made upon us in contri
butions of our people to- swell the ranks of the na
tional armies ; and I feel this night I have a right
to say that in the past two years and a half of our
eventful history, the adminiatration of the govern
ment in Pennsylvania has been in perfect harmony
with the sentiment of war loyal people.
This is not a time, my friends, to differ as to men,
or to. stand in the way a the full execution of-all
the legitimate powers conferred upon the President,
by the Constitution and the laws ; and I pledge my
self, as heretofore, to give to the Government-of the
United States an active and constant support, and
to maintain its authority- and the execution of its
laws within the State of Pennsylvania, with all the
powers given to the Executive office for that pur
pose. [Cheere.]
Every Pennsylvania. freeman Iwho has suffered
martyrdom in the eupito. rt and defence of our Go
vernment, and every wounded and, maimed hero re
turned to our midst-from the battle-field, strength
ens the ties which binds us to, it, and increasee.our,
obligation to prosecute this war to a perfect and sue
cessful termination. Until then we have not per
formed our duty to the living nor the dead, nor shall
our trust to those who are to follow us have been
fulfilled, nor our obligations to those who have-lived
before us been discharged, until treason and rebel
lion are driven from this hitherto prosperous and
happy country. [Cheers.]
There is nothing on this earth, in the works of
nature or of art, which ran compare with sublimity
of the struggle of this great people to maintain their
Government ; and all our sympathies and all oar
means, if: necessary, should be given to the comfort
and support.ot the brave men who stand in arms in
defence of our free institutions. [Applause.] They
are there subject to the control of militat7eauthority,
and we have encouraged them to go ; they are re
strained and controlled by the needful rigors of
military dieeipline; they are exposed to the trials,
and vicissitudes of actual war; and every word,
thought, or act which would either take from them
their efficiency, - withhold from them proper sup
plies, distract or divide public opinion, or, worse
thanall, discourage the means. by which the Go
vernment would replenish their diminished ranks,
is -treason and ingratitude to. them, the best and,
bravest of our fellow-citizens. [Great applause.]
I rejoice, my fellow-citizens, that the Convention
which placed me in nomination has declared iafavor
of an amendment to the Constitution by which citi
zens of the State separated from it and in arms for
their country, shall enjoy.the right of sullage; sure
ly they .have shown by their presence in the field.
the highest and noblest exhibition of loyalty and ;
fidelity, and ehould be permitted, wherever they are
found, thus to exercise a right held so sacred by the-
American citizen, underlying, as it does, all the ope,
rations of our Government.
Having accepted the nomination, I will make an
open and vigorous contest for SUOMI F
~ and wall treat
fairly the distinguished gentleman who has. been
placed iimiomination as our opposing candidate by
the political organization to which he is attached.
I would not succeed by assaults upon his personal
character, nor would I have my friends conduct the
contest ;with defamation and detraction for their
allies; neither that candidate nor myself ean Ci Bata any
peculiar fitness over very many of our
acne ; but we are made the representatives of oppo-.
site policies, measures, and opinions. For myself,
relying upon the right and truth, I expeet to prevail.
in this election. For this end, I will use all honor
able and fair means, and will give to the canvass
my active, unfailing, and determined exertions.
[Applause 1 A. voice; "Go on t old man ; the aoldiers
are with you."
I would not conceal my gratification at the pre•
sence here to•night of a large number of the volun
teer sOldiets of Pennsylvania, and the pride I feel
at the constant manifestations of their confidence
and respect. My relations with you and your
brother soldiers. for more than two eventful years,
have always been pleasant, and no man in Pennsyl
vania, whether in official position or private citizen,
has more highly regarded and esteemed you for
your patience, constancy, and courage. "I would be
insensible, indeed, to all the virtuous impulses of the
human heart, could I fail in a feeling of gratitude to
y&u and your fellows. for the services you have ren
dered to your country. or in according to you al the
sympathy and support of my office in your aftred
mission. [Great applause.]
Tax LBADERS OF REESELLICM—Of the conspire
tors who planned the great rebellion, William L.
Yancey, whose death was announced in yesterday's
Evening Post, was one of the ablest as well as one of
the most: indefatigable. He was, besides, in more
ways than one a type of the men who are endeavor
ing to destroy this country. It is a singular fact that
scarcely one of the chiefs of the rebellion is without
some stain on his private character ; Sohn B. Floyd,.
while Governor of Virginia, swindled his State out
of several thousand dollars, in selling certain stooks
entrusted to him by the Legislature ; Benjamin was
in his youth a thief; Slidell prostituted his influence
as a Senator to push through Congress the Houma,
land grant, one of the most barefaced swindles ever
perpetrated in this country t Wigfall is a murderer ;
Leta er a drunkard; Davis an impudent repudiator
of debts ; Pickens a ridiculous braggart. Yancey
was not an exception to this rule ; he was a tried
and convicted murderer. While still living in South
Carolina, his native State, he had a disagreement
with his uncle, a Dr. Earle, then living near Green
ville, and shot him dead, as the latter was approach
ing a house on the verandah of which Yancey Witet.
sitting. He way convicted, imprisoned, and after
wards pardoned by the Governor.—Post.
A FALSE PxoPur.r.—The Richmond correspond
ent of the London Times, a few months ago, wrote
as follows " Your readers will be prepared for the
abandonnient of all hostile enterprises on the part of
the Federals againstVieksburg or Port Hudson. It
is certain that Vicksburg and Port Hudson are im
pregnable : that the army of Grant is meltingaway
Me a snow-wresth, and that Port Hudson is not
likely to be again attacked from . [below or Vicks
burg from] above. Does any one believe now that
these is the smallest chance that these mighty efforts
of the Federals will eventually be crowned with sus-
USE 1 Never will the day dawn when the words
,Vicksburg has fallen,' will thrill the Northern
heart with exultation and delight."
MENRERS OF CONGRESS FROTiC KENTITORY.—The
Ter sons known to be elected as members °lL:engross
from Kentucky are the following: Mr. Robert Mal
lory, a member of the last Congress, and a supporter
of !the war, 'from the Fifth district ; Green Clay
Smith, a strong Unionist, from the Sixth district;
Brutus S. Clay, an unconditional loyalist, from the
Seventh district : William H. Randall, Union, from
the Eighth district; and William Ni Whelsworth.
who voted in the last Congress with the war Dp-. 0-
mats, from the Ninth district. Mr. Clay w;ueeds
the late John J. Crittenden.
Ilt.ooP - THANK THE. PEOPLE
Or • THE INTURIOR_—There having been various
statements made in regard to the treatment mani
fested by the residents at Gettysburg, Caehtown,
and other places, towerdi the Union• soldiers gene
rally during the recent emergency, the following
preamble And resolutions, passed'by the First City
Troop, at a meeting held at the armory, on Thurs
day evening, will be read with grateful interest by
thecitizens of Philadelphia as well , as those of the
interior of the State:
a stated meeting of the First Troop F'hiladel
pb:a City Cavalry, held August{ith;l6B3, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted.:
Wherias, The First. City Troop were stationed
at Gettysburg for some ten days-previous to the or
aiipation of that place by the-rebele, and, owing to
its advanced position, the State was linable to fur
-1
, aka' the company with commissary supplies ; and
Whereas, The citizens of. Gettyaborg, during that
- period, at all hours of the day and night, with a,
whole-hearted generosity, threw open their houses,.
furnishing the <troop with everything of which they
stood in need, and humanely taking care of our rick;.
and
Whereas. This "Troop received many kindnesses
from the citizens of: Cashtowo and Millerstown; and
Whereas, We deem it- due- that a proper aahnow-.
ledgement of the same shorsl4 be made; tLerefore,
be it .
Resolved, That the First Troop Philadelphia.Citsc.
Cavalry tender-their, sincere and grateful thanks to ;
the citizens of the aboveoatned places ; and. w.hilsh
fully appreciating,,pessosiany, the kindness extend.-
ell to them, they alsocanderstand and feel that the.
same loyally and•palsiotisra would have. bestowed,
similar favaraupos any soldier of theltepublic.
SI3DEANZNA DE.A•va or A SOLAIT.II.—.IIi, sol
dier by the name of B. F. G. =or, of the 157th
Pennsylvania 'Volunteers, a patient- of thwebestratt
Bill fleapit:A, went into a stable is the rear ofMr
Fisher's, on - Filbert street, yesterday afternoon, and
died in a few minutes afters:reads. Ilia body waa ta
ken away by Mr. Hall, the army undertaker.
•
'rum NATIONAL FINANOIDg.--3/ty Cooke,
subscription agent, reports the &aloof 51, 032 , 900
vernment bonds. 'Deliveries are being made to Ju
lg
2L; The devonding tone of the rebel =leaders malt
give a freshlmpetus to these sales, and induce cap,
taltsts, both here and abroad, who have heretofore
held aloof, to make investments in the five-twea\tioa
•
DBOWNED.--The Coroner was notified
last evening to hold an inquest uon body of s
boy who w as drowned in the e
afternoon. lE(e resided
at the northwest corner of Jeffery= exengn arg
Carpenter wee.